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Environmental Sci
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the independent variable? | Variable you have control over. What changes the dependent variable? |
| What is the dependant variable? | What you measure and what is affected. |
| Gross Productivity | Overall Productivity. |
| Net Productivity | Productivity when some is taken out. |
| Species Richness | How many specific organisms? |
| Species Evenness | How many of each species? |
| Species Diversity | How many organisms in the area? |
| Commensalism | When one organism benefits, the other is unaffected. |
| Ecosystem Services | Things the ecosystem does that cannot be represented in monetary value |
| Ecological | Different Habitats |
| Range of Tolerance | Includes pop. size and Environmental gradient |
| Our Biome | Temperate Forest |
| Biome | Rainfall and Temperature |
| Important for Nutrient Cycles | Phosphorus and Nitrogen |
| What increases Nitrogen? | Decomposition, Litterfall |
| What increases Phosphorus? | Decomposition, Litterfall, and Waste |
| Control | Portion of experiment that experiences no change |